Method of making veils.



IVI. DONALD, DECD.

R. A. 1. COOK, ADMINISTRATOR.

METHOD OF MAKING VEILS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 22, 1915.

Patented Apr. 25,1916.

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MARY DONALD, DECEASED, BY REGINALD A. J. COOK, ADMINISTRATOR, OFBROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO MARTHA R. COOK, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

METHOD OF MAKING VEILS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 25, 1991b.

Application filed September 22, 1915. Serial No. 52,096.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, REGINALD A. J. COOK, a citizen of the United Statesof America, and a resident of Brooklyn borough of the city of New York,county of Kings, and State of New York, am the administrator of theestate of MARY DONALD, late a citizen of the United States, deceased,who invented a certain new and useful Method of Making Veils, of whichthe following is a specification, the same being a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to articles made of lawn or lace or other fabricor material adapted for ladies use, and in particular to a piece ofgauze, grenadine, lace, crape or other similar fabric used to cover theface and hair as a protection against the sun or wind, and adapted to beattached to the honnet or hat, and also to the mode of constructing thesame, and which embodies certain novel features of manufacture, andcombination and arrangement of parts, of simple construction, neat inappearance, and efficient and serviceable in operation or use.

In order to enable the invention to be fully understood 1 shall proceedto explain the same by reference 'to the drawings, illustrative of oneembodiment of the lnvention, which accompany and form a part of thisspecification, and in which-- Figure 1 represents an elevation of anordinary veil before being made up according to the invention; Figs. 2,3 and 4c are views in detail of different operations showing the mannerin which the veil is constructed; and Fig. 5 is an elevation of thecompleted veil after the present invention has been embodied therein.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in all the views.

lhis invention pertains to veils of the character of the one patented byMary Donald on March 12, 1912, No. 1,020,083, and is an improvement inthe method of making the same.

Referring particularly by reference characters or symbols to thedrawings, A denotesthe body of a veil, and A the edge or hem, or lowerportion, as used in practice, of the central part thereof, which edge ispreferably made so as to be thicker than the rest of the said veil. Thesaid thickened edge A preferably consists of a band sewed or otherwlseattached to the body of the veil, at at least the central part thereofand preferably extending along the whole edge of the veil.

At certain points along the longitudinal edge A and at a substantialdistance from the center, as at a the veil is fulled or shirred, or madein small puckers, plaits, folds or gathers, as for example, in thepresent instance, by making a bend or fold a at the edge of the veil,and another bend or fold a ordinarily overlapping the former one. Thesefolds or bends are preferably sewed, or otherwise attached together,whereby the gathers a are formed in the central portion of the body ofthe veil adjacent to the said bends or folds. lhe two lateral ends orbordered edges of the part A located at the central portion of the veilare constructed and arranged so as to meet or overlap, in practice, atthe back of the neck, and may be, and preferably are, held together byattaching means of any desired character, as, for example, thefastenings a which may be snap buttons; or, if desired, hooks and eyes,or other securing means, may be used.

The veil, consisting of the central portion of the body thereof, andalso of the endor wing-like-portions of the said veil, preferablyextending off at each Side of said engaging edges at an angle from thecentral portion of the said body, may be tied, in use, around the hat,as described in the said patent.

It has been found in practice that a veil made according to the saidpatent and constructed as set forth above and as thus far described, hastoo much fullness in front of the face and will tend to hang down belowthe chin, thus presenting an untidy or baggy appearance, which is notonly an annoyance to the wearer thereof but is unsightly as well. Inorder to remedy this defect and to improve the appearance of the veilwhen wom in the manner described, the band A is ripped OK, or otherwisedetached from, that portion of the edge of the veil between the gathersor turned over corners, the said loosening of the band preferablyextending almost to the said corners or folds, and the central portionof the body A of the veil is then pulled in a relatively outwarddirection, as shown at A in Fig. 4:, to remove the excess of fullness,after which the said band is again sewed on, or otherwise attached to,the veil, and finally, the projecting portion A of the veil is cut off,as illustrated in Fig. 5 showing the improved completed veil, whereuponthe veil, in use, will be found to have become shaped to the face, so asto rest snugly against and under the chin, and it will consequentlypresent a neat and pleasing appearance when worn over the face, as thebody of the veil is narrower in width between the folded over pointsthan elsewhere.

I wish it to be understood that I do not desire to be limited to theexact details of construction shown and described herein, for variousmodifications will occur to a person skilled in the art.

lVhat I claim as the invention is The method of making and shaping aveil, comprising the following steps, namely; first, constructing thesame with a thickened edge or border at at least the central portion ofone longitudinal edge to provide reinforcing means; second, gatheringthe edge Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Washington, I). 0.

at two points at a substantial distance from the center to provide afullness at the said gathers; third, suitably securing the said gathersin position; fourth, unloosening the reinforcing means from the veilintermediate the gathers; fifth, pulling the central 3o in the county ofKings and State of New York, this 25th day of August, 1915.

REGINALD A. J. COOK,

Administrator of the estate of Mary Donald,

deceased. Witnesses:

HERBERT HERMAN SAHONCEIT, E. R. ERICKSON.

Commissioner of Patents.

